Timeline for Guidelines for contacting author of paper directly as opposed to asking on mathoverflow
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| Dec 7, 2016 at 14:06 | history | edited | Adrian Clough | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 7, 2016 at 9:34 | answer | added | Adrian Clough | timeline score: 21 | |
| Dec 7, 2016 at 9:17 | comment | added | Adrian Clough | To more specifically answer the question of @StefanKohl of what advise I was hoping for: I was hoping a) for ideas on how to properly weigh the two sides in the dilemma considered in my previous comment, and b) to be made aware of aspects of the problem I hadn't considered, such as such questions having an inherent propensity of possibly being too localized, or such nitpicking might touch upon issues that an author might not want to discuss in a public forum, as suggested in Gerhard's answer. | |
| Dec 7, 2016 at 9:11 | comment | added | Adrian Clough | My question is about how to resolve the following dilemma: Ask such a question, which I think would be of general interest, in a public forum, where the discussion of the question will be seen by everyone, but risk not getting an answer, as opposed to, asking the author in private, obtain an answer with high likelihood, but also increase the likelihood, that the answer will never be available to the public. | |
| Dec 6, 2016 at 22:28 | answer | added | Gerhard Paseman | timeline score: 12 | |
| Dec 6, 2016 at 16:46 | comment | added | Stefan Kohl Mod | You can always ask an author directly, provided that the author is a living person and you have the contact data, and you are always welcome to ask on-topic questions on MO. Questions of the type you suggest could sometimes be taken as "too localized" for MO -- but apart from this, what kind of advice are you hoping for? | |
| Dec 6, 2016 at 16:43 | history | edited | Adrian Clough |
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| Dec 6, 2016 at 14:53 | history | asked | Adrian Clough | CC BY-SA 3.0 |